Re: ginput bug ? for development branch

[Ben Abbott]

On Oct 26, 2009, at 6:35 AM, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:

> Hello
>
> It will be grateful for me if anybody inform to the ML whether  
> ginput works correct for development
> branch or not on his system.
>
> Regards
>
> Tatsuro
>
> --- Tatsuro MATSUOKA  wrote:
>
> > Hello
> >
> > I found that 'ginput(1)' does not work on binaries from the very  
> > recent  source trees on
> > http://www.octave.org/hg/octave.
> >
> > description     GNU Octave (development branch)
> > owner   John W. Eaton
> > last change     Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:28:14 -0700
> > project home    http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/octave
> >
> > Windows XP home
> > Complier gcc 4.4.0/mingw (Official but not TDM)
> >
> > For octave 3.2.3, 'ginput(1)' works correct as,
> > octave.exe:1fplot ("cos", [0, 2*pi])
> > octave.exe:2ginput(1)
> > octave.exe:3>
> > After mouse click once on the gnuplot graph window,  a new octave  
> > prompt appear.
> >
> > However, for octave 3.3.50+
> > octave.exe:1fplot ("cos", [0, 2*pi])
> > octave.exe:2ginput(1)
> >
> > No response happens ever after mouse click on gnuplot graphic   
> > window.
> > octave seem to fall into an infinite loop.
> >
> > I have not yet see the difference code difference between those of  
> > 3.2.3 and those of 3.3.50+.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Tatsuro

ginput does work for me on OSX. My gnuplot is also the developers  
version.

Ben